Thin-walled structures are widely used in anti-collision devices for various vehicles due to their light weight and high energy absorption. Offset collision is a common scene in various traffic accidents. Because the commonly used thin-walled structu...
In order to expand the applications of cold-formed thin-walled steel structures, this study proposes a new type of composite wallboard composed of cold-formed thin-walled C-shaped steel and multi-layer concrete, in which C-shaped steel serves as the...
Stiffness properties of running specific prostheses (RSP) for Paralympic runners are fundamental in the selection of the optimal running prosthetic foot (RPF) for sprint and jump events, depending on the athlete’s anthropometry and characterist...
In this paper, a highly isolated multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna array is proposed for fifth-generation (5G) metal frame smartphones. The eight identical small-sized inverted F-shaped folded slots are etched on the metal frame as a MIMO...
This paper presents a study on the potentiality of seismic retrofitting solutions with pultruded Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) profiles. This material can be used in connected frames providing lightweight, corrosion-free and reversible retrofitting...
Shaded-pole induction motors are the most frequently used single-phase electric motors in low power applications. Their main advantages are reliability, robustness, low level of noise and vibration, relatively simple manufacturing technology and cost...
The present study proposed novel prefabricated composite RC shear walls with a concrete-filled steel tube frame (CCRCSW-CFST) because of the superior seismic performance of shear walls incorporating CFSTs as boundary-restrained members. One cast-in-p...
Mainstream pedestrian recognition algorithms have problems such as low accuracy and insufficient real-time performance. In this study, we developed an improved pedestrian recognition algorithm named YOLO-MSP (multiscale parallel) based on residual ne...
The Soultz-Sous-Forêts geothermal site (France) operates three deep wells for electricity production. During operation, scales precipitate within the surface installation as (Ba, Sr) sulfate and (Pb, As, Sb) sulfide types. Scales have an impact on lo...
In this research, two distinct designs of protective structures were developed to address structural damage caused by ships impacting the internal structures of floating docks during maintenance operations. The designed protective structures consist...
This article examines the role of knowledge production in shaping racialized religious difference and its entanglement with governmental interventions, focusing on C.H. Becker’s contributions to Islamic Studies in the 19th and 20th centuries. S...
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The effects of post-growth thermal annealing of InAs QD with the high in-content strain reducing layer (SRL) on the temperature dependent PL properties have been investigated. The as-grown QD have shown an atypical behavior manifested by a sigmoidal...
Among the existing passive energy dampers, I-shaped shear dampers had shown suitable performance in experimental and numerical studies. Although they improve the dissipating energy and ductility of concentrically braced frames (CBFs), they reduce the...
Existing research on reduced beam section (RBS) connections in steel frames rarely addresses H-shaped beams with middle and wide flanges. Therefore, this study investigates the hysteretic behavior of RBS connections in H-shaped columns connected to H...
Lienard-Wiechert or retarded electric and magnetic fields are produced by moving electric charges with respect to a rest frame. In hot plasmas, such fields may be created by high velocity free electrons. The resulting electric field has a relativisti...
This study presents a novel approach to parameterize the geometry of a morphing trailing-edge flap that allows its aerodynamics to be optimized while capturing the expected structural behavior of the flap. This approach is based on the finite frame e...
The application of thin LTCC is a very interesting and promising approach to the fabrication of ceramic MEMS gas sensors. The attempts to use this material were restricted till now by the thickness of commercial material (>50 μm). In this work, we...
This work reports the effect of the addition of an oligomer of lactic acid (OLA), in the 5–20 wt% range, on the processing and properties of polylactide (PLA) pieces prepared by injection molding. The obtained results suggested that the here-te...
Polyurethane foams provide a wide range of applications as a biomaterial system due to the ability to tune their physical, chemical, and biological properties to meet the requirements of the intended applications. Another key parameter that determine...
The purpose of this study was to compare insulation performance between a base case that applied the existing steel pipe frame and an alternative case that reduced thermal bridging by applying a truss-shaped insulation frame (TIF) to a back frame typ...
Road curb extraction is a critical component of road environment perception, being essential for calculating road geometry parameters and ensuring the safe navigation of autonomous vehicles. The existing research primarily focuses on extracting curbs...
To address the current steel surface defect detection algorithms in practical applications involving low detection accuracy, an efficient and highly accurate strip steel surface defect detection algorithm, DEW-YOLO, is proposed in this paper. Firstly...
Low-temperature food printing technology is used in many fields, such as personalized nutrition, cooking art, food design and medical nutrition. By precisely controlling the deposition temperature of the ink, a food with a finer and more controllable...
The advancement of deep learning techniques has significantly propelled the development of the continuous sign language recognition (cSLR) task. However, the spatial feature extraction of sign language videos in the RGB space tends to focus on the ov...
The issue of efficiency decrease according to temperature increase is a pending problem in the PV market. Several active and passive technologies have been suggested but few quantitative studies on the estimation of the cooling effect have been carri...
A method for image analysis was implemented to determine the edge pixels of two biopolymer-based thermoplastic filaments during their hot melt isothermal sintering at 120 °C. Successive inverted ellipses are adjusted to the contour of the sintere...
Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have demonstrated promising results in various applications such as computer vision, speech recognition, and natural language processing. One of the key computations in many CNN applications is matrix multiplicati...
We examined the extent to which image shape (square vs. circle), image rotation, and image content (landscapes vs. fractal images) influenced eye and head movements. Both the eyes and head were tracked while observers looked at natural scenes in a vi...
The phase diagrams of organogels are necessary for applications and fundamental aspects, for instance to understand their thermodynamics. Differential scanning calorimetry is one of the techniques implemented to map these diagrams. The thermograms of...
In this paper, we frame the problem of urban water sustainability in megacities as a social-ecological system (SES) to examine the underlying coupling of social and ecological factors and processes. Based on our empirical research of two major megaci...
In this manuscript, I introduce a convenient method to convert the Euler angles (complete crystal orientations) obtained with EBSD (electron back-scattered diffraction) to the azimuth and inclination angle of crystallographic axes to reconstruct the...
The preforming quality of carbon fiber plain-woven thermoset prepreg (CFPWTP) is critical to the performance of composite aerospace parts. The deformation ability of the CFPWTP material during preforming is affected by both the fabric woven structure...
The abundant and widespread unicellular cyanobacteria Synechococcus plays an important role in contributing to global phytoplankton primary production. In the present study, two novel cyanomyoviruses, S-N03 and S-H34 that infected Synechococcus MW02,...
Micromachined resonant accelerometers (MRAs), especially those devices fabricated by silicon on glass technology, suffer from temperature drift error caused by inherent thermal stress. This paper proposes two structure designs to attenuate the effect...
In this investigation, a U-shaped connection (U-C) was introduced for a prefabricated steel plate shear wall with beam-only connections. This design replaces a portion of shear bolts with tension bolts to enhance bolt efficiency and reduce the overal...
This study focuses on the preparation and characterization of composite gaskets designed for the sealing of the solid oxide cell stacks operating below 700 °C. The seals were fabricated with the addition of various amounts (10–90 wt.%) of 3...
The increased usage demand for digital multimedia has induced significant challenges regarding copyright protection, which is the copy control and proof of ownership. Digital watermarking serves as a solution to these kinds of problems. Among differe...
Vanadium pentoxide coatings were grown by atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition varying the gas precursor ratio (vanadium (IV) chloride:water) and the substrate temperature. All samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectros...
The rapid development of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) increases the requirement for the accurate prediction of objects in the vicinity to guarantee safer journeys. For effectively predicting objects, sensors such as Three-Dimensional Light Detection and...
A siliceous material in which a framework order was established with a surfactant with sixteen carbon atoms in alkyl chains, MCM-41-C16, was synthesised, surface-modified, and tested regarding the selected physical properties. The pristine material w...
Early development is punctuated by a series of pervasive and fast paced transitions. These events reshape a differentiated oocyte into a totipotent embryo and allow it to gradually mount a genetic program of its own, thereby framing a new organism. S...
Macro-scale modeling is a fundamental approach for assessing structural damage and occupant comfort in urban high-rises during earthquakes or typhoons. The key to its effectiveness is accurately reproducing dynamic responses and extracting modal char...
The larch looper, Erannis ankeraria Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), is one of the major insect pests of larch forests, widely distributed from southeastern Europe to East Asia. A naturally occurring baculovirus, Erannis ankeraria nucleopolyhed...
Raynaud’s Phenomenon (RP), characterized by episodic reductions in peripheral blood flow, leads to significant discomfort and functional impairment. Existing therapeutic strategies focus on pharmacological treatments, external heat supplementat...
Dielectric elastomers are in a special class of electro-active polymers known for generating expansion in plane and contraction in thickness under voltage application. This paper advances the understanding of a planar contractile dielectric elastomer...
In molecular breeding of super rice, it is essential to isolate the best quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and genes of leaf shape and explore yield potential using large germplasm collections and genetic populations. In this study, a recombinant inbred...
The concept of sustainable transportation of goods as the primary paradigm for designing contemporary logistics systems assumes the use of energy-efficient and affordable modes of transport in a way that guarantees the most cost-efficient variant of...
In this work, the effect of the test configuration and temperature on the mechanical behaviour of cemented carbides (WC-Co) with different carbide grain sizes (dWC) and cobalt volume fractions (VCo), implying different binder mean free paths (&lambda...
Here we present a set of new structural elements formed within the open reading frame of the virus, which are highly probable, evolutionarily conserved and may interact with host proteins. This work focused on the coding regions of the CVB3 genome (p...
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